High purity potassium tetrafluoroaluminate and method of making same

摘要

An improved method of making high quality potassium tetrafluoroaluminate. Hydrofluoric acid is added to high purity aluminum metal powder to form aluminum fluoride in solution. Nitric acid is added to this solution whereby impurities in the solution dissolve into the nitric acid. Water is then added to the solution to precipitate from the solution solid aluminum fluoride with impurities removed therefrom. The aluminum fluoride is then milled in the presence of hydrofluoric acid and potassium hydroxide whereby the exposure thereto produces the high quality potassium tetrafluoroaluminate which may then be washed and dried.